A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Fukuroi in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 10:18:21 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 269.69 km (168 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002m7a. Id of event: us20002m7a. Global time and date of event 05/06/15 / 2015-06-05 01:18:21 / June 5, 2015 @ 1:18 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 137.8565° East, latitude 34.7673° North, depth = 269.69 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Shizuoka-shi (c. 701 600 pop), 14 km (8 miles) from Hamamatsu (c. 605 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Toyohashi (c. 378 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Toyota (c. 362 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Okazaki (c. 352 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Fuji (c. 240 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tajimi, Toki, Fuji (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km WNW of Fukuroi, Japan.
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